We’ll be praying during 3 months wait - Bacede
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MBABANE – In the next three months in which they will be out of the public eye, MP Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza said they wlould be praying.
The Hosea Inkhundla Member of Parliament (MP) said this after Judge Mumcy Dlamini postponed his and Ngwempisi Inkhundla MP Mthandeni Dube’s trial to November 8, 2022. MP Mabuza requested the court to consider an earlier date, but it was not to be. The Hosea MP, after the postponement, when addressing their supporters in the courtroom, said theirs was to pray in the intervening period because a lot could happen.
He urged emaSwati to remain strong. “Everyone is intimidated so that you do not speak, even when they step on you. They want you to remain silent. They are instilling fear. Cinani
(be strong) maSwati. We will achieve what we are fighting for. We are all being frustrated but do not be intimidated. These things come and go. So ours is to pray during this period,” MP Mabuza said.
MP Dude said: “Sitawubuya
bafati betfu.” The Ngwempisi MP also pleaded that violence and the killing of police officers should stop. He also mentioned that they were likely to spend their second Christmas behind bars.
He encouraged those who gave them moral support to be strong and forge a way forward. He said they were not the only ones to be jailed. “Even Jesus Christ was imprisoned. We are strong inside and we will be out of prison one day. You should also be strong and prepare a way forward. You need to make sure that there are people like us during the amendment of the Constitution. We will also look at the time and think smart. If there is a need to multitask, we will, to make sure that we participate in the elections. We want to vote for the future of the country,” he said.
tinkhundla
During his cross-examination on Thursday, MP Mabuza told the court that he agreed with the Tinkhundla System of Government. The MP was responding to Advocate Gareth Leppan, who represented the Crown, during cross-examination in his and Ngwempisi MP Mthandeni Dube’s trial yesterday.
Advocate Leppan had asked MP Mabuza if he agreed with the Tinkhundla System. MP Mabuza’s response was that even now he agreed with the system.
The advocate further said the upshot of the Tinkhundla System was that the King appointed a prime minister. The MP said concurred and added that the system was provided for in Constitution, which laid down the procedure for its amendment. He said MP Mabuza, by allegedly encouraging a further petitions delivery, he ought to have foreseen that there would be violence and deaths of people. The MP is among other charges facing two charges of murder.